Dana
Member
Hi everyone,
Didn't see anyone else comment on this with the game but in the later levels and particular any level that has in the sheep (trying to eat the plants), the program stutters, things freeze up for a while and sometimes this error will also pop-up.
Picture of the Debug Assertion Failed Error
Anyone ever see this with a game before? Is it just flawed code in the game itself somewhere?
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
Hi Dana, try reinstalling Visual studio. You'll need to visit Microsoft's site for it
Dana
Member
Hello Mr. Whiterabbit!
I've been taking some online classes lately and totally immersed. sigh. I'll have to PM you...
On this matter, there are so many Visual Studios that I'm not sure which one to download. None are specifically labelled Microsoft Visual Studio 9.0, nor do I have that program at all in my C:\Program Files.
ChrisS
Administrator
You don't need Visual Studio if you're not writing code. If you're just running programs then you need the various Visual C++ Redistributable Packages. Your system shipped with the then current C++ packages.
The first thing you should do is check Windows Update for any Visual C++ Redistributable Package Updates. I've had a bunch since June and I think I read that one of the updates is needed because a Service Pack for another Redistributable deleted or damaged some required libraries. There are packages for 2008, 2010, 2012 (and maybe 2006 and 2013).
If you don't have any updates listed then try a search on:
"VCRedist_x86.exe" (32-bit system) or "VCRedist_x64.exe" (64-bit system)
Sunshine Acres is a fairly old game so it's probably looking for either the 2008 or 2010 Visual C++ Redistributable Package.
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
That's what I meant DANA, SORRY (I.E Visual C++ Redistributable Packages). I'm so blitzed at the moment with all that's going on at home I didn't realize what I was wrtiting,. It was around 3am in the morning and I was running on empty trying to catch up on things. Been neglecting my online commitments recently. Sorry for the confusion and thanks Chris.
Dana
Member
No problem, Mr. Whiterabbit. I've been going kinda nuts myself - so I'm trying to organise the game as a break from the studying madness (more of which I should be doing right now).
Going to try the 2010 redistributable now. I tried 2008 and it's not that much better. Perhaps I need to run Windows Update?
Sorry that home's crazy but the move's well worth it in the end, yeah? :) *hugs*
Thanks too for your answer, Chris.
Dana
Member
UPDATE:
Installed both of those and not sure which has the greater influence, but the game stutters less now. Looks like the Spaceship is the main culprit - runs pretty smooth before that awful thing swoops in.
Also tried to do Windows Update and it told me, not only do they no longer sell XP, but my OS doesn't have valid registration and offered me a $149 US "solution" to "help me with that". Bah. This is why people run some version of Linux. Ha ha.
In any case, it is at least playable now. Another thing I've tried before was the Turbo Boost in Advanced System Care. It does free up some memory, but I doubt that's the issue.
In the end, it might just be the amount of animations running at the same time, including the Spaceship? No idea really...
Thank you both for your help. :)
freakassoid
Member
hello
if you still need to try to install Visual C++ here are the downloads
Latest Supported Visual C++ Downloads 2012,2010,2008,2005
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/2019667
thanks
James
:)
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
Same thing happened to me Dana, but not with XP. I originally purchased two copies of Win 7 when it was first released. A Win Pro 64 bit OEM version that cost me about £60 ($90) and a full Win 7 64 bit Ultimate licence. The Ultimate licence was purchased via Amazon. When it arrived the 64 bit disc was missing, so I had to get a replacement.
Everything appeared fine until a year later when I had cause to format my main disc and reinstall the Ultimate version. When I tried to register it I wasn't able to. I ended up contacting Microsoft and was told I'd been sold a buisness licence (I was told by Microsoft that the activation code was good for around 50 computers). I paid £170 ($255) for the Ultimate version) and as a home user Microsoft said that I wasn't allowed to use the buisness edition (though for all intents and purposes the box the discs came in looked like a normal disc box with nothing saying it was a buisness edition.
They told me to contact the vendor, so I contacted Amazon and was told they were only the intermediary and was told to contact the actual company who sold it via Amazon. I tried contacting them several times for a period of around 6 months with no replies to my emails. In the mean time I'd reverted back to my OEM copy of Vista (which I didn't like as I had loads of problems using a lot of my software and games). After six months I got fed up and decided to look for a cheap version of Win 7. I found a site that was selling codes only (you could buy the discs as well, but I already had a disc and felt buying one for each computer was an unecessary expense). Oh yeah, I also purchased another online download of Win 7 Pro via my wifes college as they got a big discount for students, so thankfully I still had two copies of Win 7 Pro working and genuine, though the OEM version was tied to one of my older computers).
Anyway, I decided to purchase an activation code for the Ultimate version from a site I found, that sold Microsoft products (Win 7, Vista and Microsoft Office i.e. all variants of each; for example, Home, 32bit, 64bit, Professional, Ultimate etc) for only £45 (for the ultimate 64 bit version), which was really cheap. I actually needed another three copies to convert all of my other computers to Win 7, but decided only to buy one initially, as I was a little suspicious of the low price. However, on using the code it activated and passed Microsofts verification process, so I went ahead and purchased two more 64 bit Ultimate codes and a 64 bit Professional code (which was about £7 cheaper).
Everything seemed hunky dory for around 18 months but, about 4 months ago, all of the computers running these cheap codes suddenly got messages (that repeated every 20 minutes or so) saying I'd probably been the victim of software piracy (or something along those lines), plus automatic updates were suspended and a small permanent message appeared above the tray area saying This copy of windows is not genuine.
In total it's cost me around £340 ($510) and I've lost five copies of Win 7
That site was around for about a year before it disappeared, so I dread to think how many people got scammed.
I'd only purchased one copy of Win 8 on release (just to try it out - partly because they were selling copies for an amazingly low price). I did buy another one for my wifes laptop (but she hated win 8, so gave the copy to me for one of my other computers, then when the cut off date for the cheap copies passed (end of January I think), that's when I suddenly found my licences were rip offs. Thankfully I did find a site still selling the boxed versions of the Win 8 Pro versions at the introductory price of £39.99 (after the cut off date). They had all the authentification marks and looked identical to the one I purchased when Win 8 had been released. There was no way I was going to purchased codes only.
I just wish I'd purchased a back-up disc from the place I was scammed when I purchased the first code. I nearly did, but decided becasue I still had the boxed version I din't need it. I'm sure I'd have realized when I saw the copied discs as they cannot add the holographic strips on rip offs (I don't think they can?) at least not effectively. On close inspection copies ar ealways obvious.
Dana
Member
My issue was letting my techie friend install my Windows the last time my computer got infected by a super nasty virus. I had to format. Nothing else got rid of it.
So I'm not sure if there was a limit on how many computers his copy could be installed on, or if it was a crack or what have you.
Originally, on 1st buying this laptop, I'd gotten the OEM installation from the vendor. So I guess I've only ever (indirectly) payed for Windows. Awful that you tried so hard to get genuine software and still lost out.
If only running Linux wasn't so quirky - there are still some things I'd like to do that I don't think would corporate nicely with it. I'll have to ask my techie friend about his OS copy.
Whiterabbit-uk
Games Guru
I'd consider using Linux, but most of gmy games wouldn't work. As I've got thousands it just wouldn't work for me.
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